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by jm__87 8y ago
This is why I follow it up with "try to figure out what makes sense". The fact of the matter is, neither you nor I get to decide who voices their opinion on something on the internet. This is why it is important to scrutinize ever
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by jm__87 8y ago
This is silly. Someone can know something about a topic without being licensed in it. Similarly, someone can be licensed to do something and give poor advice. I don't see why you wouldn't just take all the advice you can get and t
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by jm__87 8y ago
I think I would start with the easiest one, which is whether or not you feel like you're in the right job. Just make a list of what you like about your job and what you don't like. If the dislike category is large, you need to ask
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by jm__87 8y ago
I've always viewed laziness as a word that people use to describe behavior when a person didn't do what they were supposed to do, but they dont care or don't know how to investigate why. What you described is not laziness but
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by jm__87 8y ago
So let's say a man expresses how he feels and is then shamed for it. This really just reinforces the notion, for this man, that he shouldn't be expressing how he feels. I'm not sure you can "unlearn" in the way you&
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by jm__87 8y ago
I think it entirely depends on your past experiences. Let's compare two hypothetical experiences: 1. When Alice was 7 years old, she scraped her knee and started to cry. Her mom ran over and comforted her and then they went and got her
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by jm__87 8y ago
Maybe it is just me, but I've seen this issue multiple times where a programmer used a regular expression thinking they were clever, only to have it backfire later when there was some corner case not covered by their regex (which likel
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by jm__87 8y ago
I am quite the opposite. I remember bad things quite readily, but have to remind myself repeatedly it wasn't all bad. As for drinking, it was an excuse to act like an idiot and have some fun when I was younger I think. The hangovers di
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by jm__87 8y ago
So in my own experience, older colleagues can usually bring two things to the table regardless of relevant work experience: maturity and responsibility. This isn't always true (I've definitely had some older colleagues who are exc
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by jm__87 8y ago
I think in America, it is too late. The arms race between police and criminals has gone on for too long. If police stop carrying guns, criminals aren't going to magically stop carrying the guns they already have.
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by jm__87 8y ago
I found CBT for sleep helped my insomnia. A good book on this is called Goodnight Mind. I also read Matthew Walkers book while I was going through insomnia as well, and I can say this book is likely to make your insomnia worse. Half of it i
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by jm__87 8y ago
Perhaps some poor grammar on my part. I was responding to the post with a hypothesis as to why some people experience the "call of the void": to make us more aware of the danger of doing an action that would kill us. My opinion is
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by jm__87 8y ago
Well, I was going to make a comment that this sort of "just so story" logic is prevalent amongst those who are anti-evolution (e.g. creationists) and would rather see the idea die, but it seems I do not need to.
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by jm__87 8y ago
I've never really bought that "Call of the Void" explanation. You can imagine fairly easily what will happen if you jump from a tall building without having the urge to do it. I've always viewed it as a legitimate moment
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by jm__87 8y ago
Consensus is the best you can ask for with evolutionary stories. There is no equivalent of a mathematical proof in that field. Do you think we shouldn't bother with this field of study at all since we cannot definitively prove somethin
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by jm__87 8y ago
I would think if the story holds across all cultures over time, it is pretty good evidence it is not just a just-so story.
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by jm__87 8y ago
Ah, I wouldn't say I've lost complete confidence in my statement. Just wanted to add a disclaimer in case I didn't fully remember the details correctly (perhaps it isn't all gorillas, just certain species of gorillas. Pe
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by jm__87 8y ago
I would think it depends on what scale you're looking at. It is pretty obvious that if one guy takes out a large chunk of the order book of one security, over the course of seconds, on only one side of the market, the price is going to
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by jm__87 8y ago
> you certainly don’t gain anything by wanting to kill/eat human babies Actually, this is exactly what gorillas do. When there is a new alpha male, he will go and systematically kill all the baby gorillas who are still nursing. Why?
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by jm__87 8y ago
I've read and followed the advice in both "The Depression Cure" and "The Mindful Way Through Depression" and can say both helped quite a bit. I personally did not find that therapy did much of anything for my depres
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by jm__87 8y ago
Yes, perhaps I should have chose my words more carefully. When more people want to buy than sell, prices rise. When more people want to sell than buy, prices fall. The exact details of how this happens vary from market to market but in gene
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by jm__87 8y ago
Okay, well I think we disagree then. Most people who follow the markets know that markets are cyclical, but knowing if you're in the beginning, middle or end of the upswing or downswing portion of the cycle is what most people care abo
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by jm__87 8y ago
Not really sure what your point is. Cycles always happen for the same technical reason - more buyers than sellers lead to rising prices and more sellers than buyers lead to falling prices. Understanding what leads to these imbalances in buy
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by jm__87 8y ago
Here is a doctor that disagrees and gives a fairly detailed explanation of why it is unhealthy for you: https://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM
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by jm__87 8y ago
If you don't know what "too much" is for the thing you're eating or drinking, your advice is totally useless. This is why we do studies. No one ever worries if they're drinking too much water. On the other hand, we
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by jm__87 8y ago
Everyone wants to blame the government or big pharma, but I think the fact of the matter is, human beings are evolved for a world that is very different from the one we currently live in. At least my perspective, this explains the situation
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by jm__87 8y ago
I'm not saying the ADA and CDA are right or that your advice on diet and exercise is wrong, I'm saying the issue is more complicated than you are making it out to be. Your average diabetic knows what causes the disease and what is
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by jm__87 8y ago
First of all, diabetics take insulin because it keeps them from dying, not because it cures diabetes. Prior to getting on insulin, type 2 diabetics have likely already been on a drug which does not exacerbate insulin resistance (e.g. metfor
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by jm__87 8y ago
> if you model a simple assumption that resources get more expensive to extract over time Why would you make this assumption? Resources get cheaper to extract over time as technology improves...
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by jm__87 8y ago
Honestly, I see these sort of comments on here all the time and it drives me nuts. Comparing homeopathy and a standing desk is comparing apples and oranges. Everyone has experience with standing - we evolved to do this. Taking homeopathy re

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